Free Parking Isn’t Free — But Upper West Side Car Owners Want To Keep It That Way
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Entitled drivers bristle at a community board forum that envisions better uses for public space than car storage.
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American Cities Are Chipping Away at the Burden of Parking Mandates
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For people who live in cities with good transit, the decision to drive or take the bus or train often comes down to parking. If parking is cheap and abundant, more people will drive. And yet transit-rich cities across the United States, including NYC, continue to require parking in new developments.
DCP Flubs Research on How Off-Street Parking Affects Traffic
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In its latest parking report, the Department of City Planning claimed that residential off-street parking is not linked to increased driving, contradicting previous research. In response, the parking policy experts who produced that research are reprimanding the agency for jumping to conclusions based on insufficient evidence. The flub by DCP could have big consequences, because it undermines […]
Unhealthy “Foods”: Huge Whole Foods Parking Lot Will Discourage Walking
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The proposed Gowanus Whole Foods is moving forward after eight years of planning and debate, following a vote by the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals today. With it will come a 248-space surface parking lot: a semi-suburban design plunked down amidst some of Brooklyn’s most walkable neighborhoods. According to new research by University of […]
NYC Parking Requirements Make More Traffic, New Research Confirms
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Evidence continues to mount that New York City’s mandatory parking minimums encourage people to drive. New research from University of Pennsylvania planning professor Rachel Weinberger, set to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Transport Policy, shows once again that providing guaranteed off-street parking spaces makes New Yorkers more likely to drive to […]
PlaNYC 2.0 Reactions: Rachel Weinberger, UPenn Professor
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Streetsblog has been gathering responses to last week’s release of PlaNYC 2.0. This is the fourth installment. Read the first, second, and third parts. In a phone interview with Streetsblog yesterday, Rachel Weinberger, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and an architect of the transportation section of PlaNYC 1.0, gave us her take on the update of […]